January 23, 2012
Affluence and status-mongering could distort the meaning and purpose of a venerable custom A ceremony held to celebrate longevity for both parents in Hanoi “Kinh gia, gia de tuoi cho” – Respect the elders and you will live for as long as they do, goes a well-known Vietnamese saying. Hence, the older the elder, [...]
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January 15, 2012
The Vietnam Football Federation has only itself to blame for the current controversy raging over TV telecast rights for Super League games. VFF early last year signed a 20-year contract with the telecommunications and media company called the An Vien Group for VND6 billion (US$285,000) per year. The contract has been rejected by the [...]
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June 4, 2011
International experts condemn China for disrupting Vietnam’s legal marine activities and urged the country to be better prepared for the next encounter Fishermen unloading tunas in the central province of Binh Thuan. On Sunday, Vietnam condemned China for increasing regional tensions and said it would do everything necessary to protect its territorial integrity after [...]
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May 31, 2011
This photo shows a part of the Truong Sa (Spratly) District in Truong Sa archipelago. On March 23, 2011, Xinhua, the official news agency of China, published an article titled "The Nanhai sea dispute from the perspective of the international law of the sea" by scholars He Jian and Wang Ao from the Xiang Tan [...]
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August 16, 2009
The global economic crisis has depressed the Vietnamese painting market. Fewer collectors, especially knowledgable collectors, are buying these days. A painting by Vietnamese artist Tran Luu Hau, collected by NewAsia gallery in Singapore. The late connoisseur Duc Minh (also called Bui Dinh Than) is still well-remembered. As a rich businessman, Duc Minh enriched Vietnam’s art [...]
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July 24, 2009
Duong Truong Thien Ly has left the series, claiming sheâs not comfortable with shooting suggestive scenes. Is history being sexed up, or is an actress reading too much between the lines? The line between art and vulgarity in erotic scenes in films can be very thin.How thin it can be became apparent recently with a [...]
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February 19, 2009
LookAtVietnam – A senior religious official of the Vietnamese government thinks the Vietnam-Vatican Joint Working Group’s first meeting will surely create a favourable foundation for the two sides in their future subsequent steps. Chairman of the Government Committee for Religious Affairs, Nguyen The Doanh, made the comment while speaking to the Vietnam News Agency about [...]
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February 4, 2009
Lookatvietnam – Tens of thousands of visitors have flocked to Hue for the Festival of the Temple of Princess Huyen Tran that opened February 3 at the Huyen Tran Cultural Center atop Ngu Phong mountain. People arriving for the incense-offering ceremony at the Temple of King Tran Nhan Tong, father of Princess Huyen Tran, in [...]
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